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I will say that it sounds like the folks in front of you were having a little kids party and it is kinda hard to begrudge them that, but my mom served us Kool-aid and made our birthday cakes (much cheaper).[/QUOTE
Buy a cake mix and a can of frosting. This was one large decorated sheet cake and numerous large round cakes! And still I don't believe that taxpayers should pay for any birthday party period. That is a luxury end of story. I don't want children to starve but birthday parties are a whole other story. Oh, and maybe those adults should have been at the very least speaking ENGLISH!!!

03-21-2013, 06:48 PM

luvmylabs23139

HPL,
Off the birthday rant I also keep a supply of 16 oz water on hand and a case of that was actually one of my purchases, but, I am using my money to buy that water not the taxpayers. We have a well and the general rule is 4 cases always on hand. Often we use the cold bottles in the fridge and unless we grabbed it to go, it gets refilled with good chemical free well water and placed back in the fridge. I will confess that having grown up on well water I will not by any choice drink city water. BUT during the 2 years I had to deal with city water, I dragged my gallon jugs up the street to my parents house in the country and filled them up.

03-21-2013, 07:15 PM

charly_t

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Originally Posted by huntinman

No banana and mayo sandwiches? We ate a lot of those in South Cackalacky.

No one has mentioned cold, fried potato sandwiches. Mama fried home grown potatos almost every day of her adult life while I was growing up. Most of those potatos had been browned on at least one side. A little mustard from the jar and the right kind of bread on a hot Summer day and that is a great snack. It's almost as good as potato salad. When all the grown ups are in the field and lunch is slow in getting cooked .......yum.

03-21-2013, 07:24 PM

luvmylabs23139

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Originally Posted by charly_t

No one has mentioned cold, fried potato sandwiches. Mama fried home grown potatos almost every day of her adult life while I was growing up. Most of those potatos had been browned on at least one side. A little mustard from the jar and the right kind of bread on a hot Summer day and that is a great snack. It's almost as good as potato salad. When all the grown ups are in the field and lunch is slow in getting cooked .......yum.

YUCK!! My stomach is churning at just the thought. Growing up Sunday breakfast always included fried up leftover potatoes but it was always just too greasy for me. OH and I always had to yell don't fry my English muffin in the bacon fat. I will toast it, thank you very much!

03-21-2013, 07:40 PM

charly_t

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Originally Posted by luvmylabs23139

YUCK!! My stomach is churning at just the thought. Growing up Sunday breakfast always included fried up leftover potatoes but it was always just too greasy for me. OH and I always had to yell don't fry my English muffin in the bacon fat. I will toast it, thank you very much!

LOL. Well Mama's way of frying potatos did not leave much grease at all. I don't remember there ever being greasy residue on them. I have often wished for her skill at that. When I try I do have greasy potatos. The thing is that Mama never started with anything but fresh raw potatos ( think good french fries ).

03-21-2013, 07:58 PM

luvmylabs23139

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Originally Posted by charly_t

LOL. Well Mama's way of frying potatos did not leave much grease at all. I don't remember there ever being greasy residue on them. I have often wished for her skill at that. When I try I do have greasy potatos. The thing is that Mama never started with anything but fresh raw potatos ( think good french fries ).

As a kid french fries were never frozen but always made with fresh raw potatoes and there was a special french fry pot used. But any left over potatoes, say an uneaten baked potato turned into these suposed great breakfast fried potatoes (sliced up and fried in the bacon grease by Dad).

03-21-2013, 08:11 PM

luvalab

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Originally Posted by charly_t

LOL. Well Mama's way of frying potatos did not leave much grease at all. I don't remember there ever being greasy residue on them. I have often wished for her skill at that. When I try I do have greasy potatos. The thing is that Mama never started with anything but fresh raw potatos ( think good french fries ).

Try the following: Use a well-seasoned pan; use a little more heat, cook a little more quickly; don't move them around too much--they will stick, but then they will un-stick when they are done.

I love fried potatoes. Two eggs over easy, plenty of pepper. Mmmmmmmmmm.

03-21-2013, 09:16 PM

roseberry

your mom probably fried them in lard if they were not too greasy. i love mushy, greasy, onion and fried potatoes. put them taters on a plate with pork seasoned pinto beans(thick soup) and crusty buttermilk corn bread, sweet tea with lemon.......all you ever need!

03-21-2013, 09:17 PM

charly_t

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Originally Posted by luvalab

Try the following: Use a well-seasoned pan; use a little more heat, cook a little more quickly; don't move them around too much--they will stick, but then they will un-stick when they are done.

I love fried potatoes. Two eggs over easy, plenty of pepper. Mmmmmmmmmm.

Thank you. I think that Mama used a ( solid ) vegetable shortening and I have been using various kinds of oil. One of Sis' daughters is doing some 'stir fry' anymore and she seems to be a good cook ( she uses oil and I'm guessing it is olive oil more often than not ).

03-21-2013, 09:32 PM

luvalab

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Originally Posted by charly_t

Thank you. I think that Mama used a ( solid ) vegetable shortening and I have been using various kinds of oil. One of Sis' daughters is doing some 'stir fry' anymore and she seems to be a good cook ( she uses oil and I'm guessing it is olive oil more often than not ).

Roseberry--I live in/near a large Mexican population and the local Kroger has started to stock lard very obviously--I am more afraid of high fructose corn syrup than any fat out there, one of these days I'm going to just buy it.